FLOODING: Shopkeeper ‘fed up with the floods and insurance' will close business

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by Matt Oliver, Reporter covering North Oxford, Jericho and Summertown. Call me on 01865 425498

A FIRM off Botley Road has decided to close next year partly because of the floods.

Tired residents and business owners have found themselves having to pick up the pieces this week after floods finally receded.

And for some, the damage will take longer to heal than others.

Richard Webster, of WS Supplies on Lamarsh Road – which was under water – said the cost to businesses was high and he has had enough.

The 56-year-old told the Mail: “This year, we have lost five days of business – and that costs three or four thousand pounds. This has happened three times now and the insurance never pays out as much as we would like.

“Last time we put in a claim of £40,000 for the stock we lost but were paid less than a quarter of what we asked for.

“And there is no point claiming anyway, because they just put up the premiums afterwards.”

As a result of previous years of flooding, and difficult economic conditions, Mr Webster said he plans to shut his shop next year.

He added: “I’m fed up and it is time to get out.

“Even though this year we have been proactive with reacting to the floods, my lease is up next year so we are just not going to renew it.

So the storyline, that floods caused this man to move, are a complete fiction from start to finish.

Lazy journalism, Matt!

FLOODING: Shopkeeper ‘fed up with the floods and insurance' will close business.
Your comment is a complete fiction. Nowhere did the headline say the floods cause this man to move.

[quote][p][bold]Sophia[/bold] wrote:
"By this stage we would have moved anyway."
So the storyline, that floods caused this man to move, are a complete fiction from start to finish.
Lazy journalism, Matt![/p][/quote]FLOODING: Shopkeeper ‘fed up with the floods and insurance' will close business.
Your comment is a complete fiction. Nowhere did the headline say the floods cause this man to move.Canismajoris